GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| approbation | commendation |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |